Whether you are an estate planning attorney, financial advisor, or accountant, you’ve probably seen an uptick in client questions about...

August is National Make-A-Will Month. This means you may be reading articles and hearing about estate planning more this month than...

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JO DAVIESS COUNTY ANNOUNCES YOUTH FUND GRANTS The Community Foundation of Jo Daviess County will make $10,000...

Instilling the idea of charitable giving in children and grandchildren at first blush may appear to be easy, but where to begin, and how...

Invitations are in the mail and on Facebook. The chefs from Life's a Feast are tracking down locally grown and produced ingredients our...

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AWARDS $11,000 FROM FUTURE FUND The Community Foundation announced recipients of three grants from the Future Fund...

Energy incentive extends to nonprofit organizations Nonprofits and other exempt entities are often left out of discussions when new tax...

Thank You 2022!

Even as market volatility impacts our investments today, the Community Foundation of Jo Daviess County provides long-term benefits....

ENDOW ILLINOIS LEGISLATION We know... blogs about policy are less fun to read than stories about our grants or amazing donors. Just this...

The Jo Daviess County Youth Fund efforts to ensure children and youth are healthy, ready to learn, succeeding in school, and empowered to...

When donors connect with the Community Foundation, we always ask them why they are interested in creating a fund, making a gift, or...

In June, Maggie Handfelt told an audience at the Community Foundation's Philanthropy on the Rocks event about the impact a scholarship...

The Fill the Meridian Pool Campaign just got a little fuller thanks to a $100,000 grant from the State of Illinois Department of Natural...

We had a wonderful time gathering with friends of the Community Foundation to celebrate and tell stories of our early impact since...

JOIN US for Philanthropy On The Rocks on June 21! We thought it would be fun to bring some friends together, both new and old to help us...

The Community Foundation announced recipients of three grants from the Future Fund for Jo Daviess County. The Community Foundation’s...

Scholarships represent opportunity. They help students close the gap on the rising cost of continuing their education. Over the next few...

Over the next few weeks, almost all of us will meet with our accountant, financial planner, or tax advisor. As we prepare our tax...

The Future Fund Grant is a chance for you to pitch your BIG IDEAS to create an IMPACT on the FUTURE of our COMMUNITY. Applications will...